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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Friday, July 4, 1958
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 54.9
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 M | 3 E | 4 N | 5 C | 6 O | 7 E | 8 D | 9 S | 10 H | 11 A | 12 E | 13 F |
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14 D | O | D | O | 15 A | L | A | I | 16 H | A | R | T | E |
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17 O | L | D | T | 18 I | M | E | R | S | 19 O | R | G | A | N |
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20 D | Y | E | D | I | N | T | H | 21 E | W | O | O | L | ||
22 E | S | T | H | 23 T | E | L | ||||||||
24 P | 25 I | 26 L | 27 O | S | E | 28 S | 29 T | A | R | D | 30 U | 31 S | 32 T |
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33 A | R | E | N | T | 34 C | A | R | P | S | 35 N | O | I |
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36 P | A | T | E | 37 C | U | T | I | E | 38 G | I | B | E |
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39 A | N | I | 40 S | A | L | E | M | 41 C | A | T | E | R |
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42 W | I | N | 43 D | M | I | L | L | 44 A | L | T | E | R | S |
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45 E | E | R | 46 L | 47 O | S | E | ||||||||
48 A | 49 T | L | A | N | 50 T | I | C | C | A | 51 B | 52 L | 53 E | ||
54 M | U | S | E | R | 55 A | T | H | E | N | I | A | N | 56 S |
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57 O | T | A | T | E | 58 B | E | R | N | 59 N | I | N | E |
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60 B | O | R | E | D | 61 U | S | E | D | 62 G | R | A | B |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,293
Across
1
Verily. : AMEN
5
Student of a sort. : COED
9
Ike's former command. : SHAEF
14
Pigeon's extinct cousin. : DODO
15
Jai ___, "merry festival." : ALAI
16
Roaring Camp writer. : HARTE
17
Senior members, employes, etc. : OLDTIMERS
19
Harmonium. : ORGAN
20
Imbued thoroughly. : DYEDINTHEWOOL
22
Baltic native. : ESTH
23
___ Aviv. : TEL
24
Hairy. : PILOSE
28
Carmichael perennial. : STARDUST
33
Negative verbal contraction. : ARENT
34
Finds fault. : CARPS
35
We: Ital. : NOI
36
Commandant of the Marines. : PATE
37
Attractive girl. : CUTIE
38
Flout; scoff. : GIBE
39
Cuckoo. : ANI
40
Gov. Holmes' capital. : SALEM
41
What stewards do. : CATER
42
Cape Cod structure. : WINDMILL
44
Modifies. : ALTERS
45
Poetic contraction. : EER
46
Miss. : LOSE
48
Cyrus Field promoted it, 1857–66. : ATLANTICCABLE
54
Meditative person. : MUSER
55
Pericles' people. : ATHENIANS
57
Grass for Mexican baskets. : OTATE
58
Canton of the Jungfrau. : BERN
59
The Muses (with "the"). : NINE
60
Used a gimlet. : BORED
61
Not brand new. : USED
62
Snatch. : GRAB
Down
1
Fuss. : ADO
2
Shape. : MOLD
3
Purl. : EDDY
4
Observation. : NOTE
5
Light loose smock. : CAMISE
6
Fragrant; scented. : OLENT
7
"Fireworks" of 1957–58. : EARTHSATELLITES
8
Spoon's companion. : DISH
9
Weather forecast. : SHOWERS
10
Loser at Hastings, 1066. : HAROLD
11
Constellation through which Milky Way passes. : ARGO
12
Abbreviated Latin phrase. : ETAL
13
Marsh. : FEN
18
Usually abbreviated Latin phrase. : IDEST
21
Storehouse. : ETAPE
24
Fruit with banana-like pulp. : PAPAW
25
Native of Tabriz. : IRANI
26
Admit. : LETIN
27
Anybody. : ONE
29
Shipshape. : TRIM
30
Coalesce. : UNITE
31
Well-balanced. : SOBER
32
Banks, as of keys on a keyboard. : TIERS
34
Choose and gather. : CULL
37
Shaggy dog from Scotland. : CAIRN
38
Ship's channel. : GAT
40
Did finger painting. : SMEARED
41
Entire. : CLEAN
43
Erase. : DELETE
44
Rise. : ASCEND
47
Artist's pigment. : OCHRE
48
Convertible. : AUTO
49
Autocrat. : TSAR
50
Debar from use. : TABU
51
Big name in opera. : BING
52
Hideaway. : LAIR
53
Ancient city in Sicily. : ENNA
54
The crowd. : MOB
56
Father of Osiris. : SEB
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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